BUS 230

Technology and
Research Methods
Summer 2021
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BUS 230

o Course Description

o Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

o Course Assignments

o Policies

o Communications
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In BUS 230 Technology and Research Methods, we will cover:

Academic Honesty and Integrity

Components of a Research Paper
Ethical Principles and Plagiarism
Types of Research
Definition of Research

Research Terminology Short-Long Citations Annotated Bibliography

Use of Databases Integrating In-text Citations APA Formatting
In-text Citations Referencing

Paraphrasing
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Course Description
o A focus on current approaches for accessing reliable information to carry out research

o Identifying sources and evaluating their relevancy while using methods of integrating information into research is
emphasized

o This includes an introduction to APA conventions and writing skills in research

o The course is centered around students learning how to scaffold their decision making with accurately sourced information
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Course Objectives
o Expose students to the research process and research terminology; starting from research ethics and components of
research

o Help students achieve fluency and proficiency in using electronic information resources on databases

o Provide practical experience to students in searching for specific scientific information and accessing reliable sources from
field related databases

o Explain the methods used to report information and present research findings

o Introduce students to the problem based learning and research process

o Critically review a published research paper

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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, the students will be able to:
o Develop a familiarity with ethical and academic issues in research
o Have information regarding the developing research technologies in their field
o Identify key components of research
o Evaluate and have a critical approach to research papers
o Structure a research problem
o Apply knowledge of basic terms and research methodology awareness
o Recognize a research outline which is supported by sources cited using APA conventions
o Review a research paper
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Assessments
Course Format
Activity Type Weight o There is no textbook for this course
Attendance Attendance 5%
o Lecture notes/PowerPoint Links will be
Week 2 Assignment 1 (15%) provided on the Moodle page for your section
Week 3 Assignment 2 (15%) 45%
Week 5 Assignment 3 (15%) o Make sure to have AUM online Library access

Week 6 Assignment 4 (15%) Attendance

Week 6 Assignment 5 (15%) 50%
Week 7 Assignment 6 (20%) o Taken during class

o If you enter class after attendance has been taken→ Late

Total 100%
o After 20 minutes → Absent
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Assignment Submission Deadlines Based on Course Calendar

Week 2 – Assignment 1 (15%)

Week 3 – Assignment 2 (15%)

Week 5 – Assignment 3 (15%)

Week 6 – Assignment 4 (15%)

Week 6 – Assignment 5 (15%) (Announced in Week 3)

Week 7 – Assignment 6 (20%)

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Assignments
o Introduced during class

o Available on Moodle on Wednesday

o Deadline is the next Tuesday by 21:00

o For example on Wednesday 7th July, at 17:00 you will have access to the
assignment

o The deadline will be Tuesday 13th July by 21:00

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Late Submissions Plagiarism Cases

o Submission 24 hours after deadline → 40% deduction o Submission 24 hours after email notification → 40% deduction

o Submission 48 hours after deadline→ 60% deduction o Submission 48 hours after email notification → 60% deduction

o Failure to submit afterwards → Assessment grade: 0 o Failure to submit afterwards → Assessment grade: 0

Wrong Submissions
Your responsibility to:

o submit the required documents within the deadline

o verify that the correct files are submitted

o verify that the submitted files are not corrupted

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Office Hours
o 15 minutes after each class

For example: Class time is 12:30-13:34 → Office hours continue until 13:49

Email Communications to → berke.andic@aum.edu.kw

• In the subject line:
Course Code (BUS 230), Section Number, ID Number and Full Name of the student
• Only emails from AUM ID will be recognized
• Do not send assignments and deliverables directly through email
→ unless otherwise instructed– TURNITIN should be used
 Week 1 Session 1

Outline

• Academic Honesty and Integrity

• Ethical Principles and Plagiarism

• Understanding Purpose of Research

Objectives

By the end of this session students should be able to

• Have an awareness of research ethics

 Ethics

A system of moral principles

A set of rules,
written and unwritten,
Ethics that control our expectations of our behaviors
and others’ behaviors

A moral philosophy concerned with what is

good for individuals Can you give some examples
for these in society?

A moral map

Watts, N. (2017, October 12). How good is your brand’s moral compass? Retrieved from
https://web.smu.edu.sg/spring/how-good-is-your-brands-moral-compass/
 Ethics in Research

According to Resnik (2011)

Research ethics or norms promote → “knowledge, truth, and avoidance of error” (p. 1)

Research ethics protects against → “fabricating, falsifying, or misrepresenting research data” (p. 1).

Resnik, D. (2011). What is ethics in research and why is it important? Retrieved

from http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis.cfm Google Scholar
 Honesty and Integrity

o Report research findings honestly

o Present the data fairly
o Discuss frankly
o Act sincerely
 Objectivity

Ethics consists in judgments about moral constraints, which govern a person's treatment of other people

Being objective means:

o Avoiding bias in any aspect of research; this includes interpretation, peer review, etc…
o Having the need to disclose any personal bias that may affect our research
o In research and academia, subjectivity and any kind of personal judgements should be avoided

→ Personal opinions should be avoided

→ Instead, variety of perspectives should be considered and included
 Openness

Always
o Be prepared to share views, suggestions, results that are developed, when submitting findings,
→ This helps to further knowledge in the field and advance science
o When sharing your views, also be open to new ideas and/or criticism
o Take time reviewing your work to increase credibility and trustworthiness
 Plagiarism

Taking someone else’s ideas, words, findings, images, etc. without acknowledging the person who created them

o It is an ethical and legal obligation to acknowledge Any time you use someone
someone else’s ideas or words you have used else’s work without giving
them credit, you are
o Academic writing encourages paraphrasing plagiarizing
information you have researched and read
 APA Style

The best method of avoiding plagiarism is to

o cite the ideas, theories, and research that directly influenced your work the moment you
start working on the paper,

o cite key background information, and any/all information that may

support or dispute your theory or hypothesis, or offer critical definitions or data (p. 169)
 APA Style

The American Psychological Association provides a manual for

writers to follow
o Standards for scientific communication
o Specific procedures and style rules in writing a paper including
• Structure and content (Layout and elements)
• Crediting sources (In-text citations and referencing)
• Mechanics of language (Sentence level concerns)
Artunian (2017) states ”Keep a record of where you found
each piece of information that you expect to include in your history.”
Artunian, J. (2017, February 22). Writing a company history.
Retrieved from https://www.business.com/articles/writing-a-
o When the temperature decrease, this will result with
company-history/
reducing the spread of the virus.

o When the temperature decreases, this will result in

reducing the spread of the virus.
Turn-it-in

Turn-it-in is a text matching software

It compares your written work to an online database to

check whether your submission is your original work

After the analysis, it provides a Similarity/Originality Report

 Collusion

Collusion is a type of plagiarism

It is a secretive, usually illegal, agreement between 2 or more people with the intent to commit
fraud or deceit

Collusion in Academia
Students must submit their own work regardless of group work
Students can discuss ideas with other but must not lend their work to others before submission
 Respect

Respect to and for Intellectual Property

o You should never plagiarize, or copy other people’s work
and try to pass it off as your own
 Legality

Always
o be aware of laws and regulations that govern your work, personal
life, and professional life
o make sure that you conform to these
 How to Avoid Plagiarism

A researcher goes through many steps, as we will see in the following weeks

Authors, artists, content creators, directors, writers, actors, students,

and many more researchers and creators
put tremendous effort and knowledge into the work they produce

Doesn’t everyone deserve appreciation for all

the hard work they put in?
How to Avoid Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a significant violation of truthfulness and involves

stealing intellectual property or taking credit for other
individuals’ work (Berg, 1990; Berk, 1991; King et al., 1997;
Malone, 1998; Rogers, 1993).
 How to Avoid Plagiarism

Create your own detailed note-taking system

The moment you start research, keep a record of your sources → Bibliography

Verify the information included in your summaries, paraphrases, and quotations from other sources

In your writing, clearly indicate the ideas, words, etc. taken from other sources by using signal phrases

Use in-text citations to indicate necessary the source information so it can be found in the References
 Ethics Statement

o Ensure the quality of your paper;

o Seek objectivity, honesty, and integrity;
o Respect confidentiality;
o Avoid harm to your readers, institution, and colleagues;
o Avoid plagiarism;
o Show that your paper is independent and impartial
 Review

plagiarism academic ethics careful

1. The moral philosophy concerned with what is good for individuals, also known as a moral map, is called
____________.

2. When doing research, if the researcher takes time to review their work to increase credibility and
trustworthiness, and they share their view but are also open to new ideas and/or criticism, they are
____________ and open.

3. The best method to avoid ____________ is to cite the ideas, theories, and research that influenced the
work, and all relevant background information.

→ The main function of a research design is to explain how the researcher will find answers to the research
questions. True/False